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MORBID ANGEL: Pro-Shot Footage From Colombia's ROCK AL PARQUE Festival Available

Professionally filmed video footage of MORBID ANGEL performing the song "Where The Slime Live" on June 27, 2009 at the Rock al Parque festival at Parque Simon Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia can be viewed below. (Note: The clip originally aired on Colombia's Canal Capital.) "Blessed Are The Sick", the s...

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OBITUARY Drummer: 'Don't Listen To Some Dude At A Record Label Behind A Desk'

Shaxul Records recently conducted an interview with drummer Donald Tardy of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Shaxul: You and Travor [Peres, guitar] have quite epic beards growing lately. Did you both sit down one day and say "let's grow some beards, man?"...

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AC/DC, IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, HEAVEN & HELL Among 'Classic Rock Roll Of Honour' Nominees

The nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards staged by Classic Rock magazine were unveiled today by legends of rock parody SPINAL TAP. The band took time out of rehearsals for their show at Wembley Stadium next week to announce the shortlists for the six public voted categories at...

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SPINAL TAP: 'Back From The Dead' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Back From The Dead", the first new album in almost two decades from England's "loudest heavy metal band" SPINAL TAP, sold 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 52 on The Billboard 200 chart. Issued on June 16, the follow-up to 1992's "Break Like Th...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO Talks About 'World Painted Blood'

By Keith Bergman Just as it's impossible to fully calculate the influence of SLAYER on heavy metal, it's hard to imagine where metal drumming would be without their founding skinsman Dave Lombardo. His forceful fills, precision double-bass work and breakneck thrashing inspired and influenced a gener...

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'This Is Spinal Tap' To Be Made Available On Blu-Ray Disc

Crank it up to eleven with the revolutionary U.K. rock band as "This is Spinal Tap" screams its way to Blu-ray disc July 28 from MGM Home Entertainment. Academy Award nominee Rob Reiner's ("A Few Good Men") directorial debut, "This is Spinal Tap" has been hailed as "the funniest movie ever made abou...

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SPINAL TAP: 'Conan O'Brien' Appearance Available Online

England's "loudest heavy metal band" SPINAL TAP was the featured musical guest on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" on Monday, June 15. The entire episode is now available viewing online at this location. (Note: SPINAL TAP's performance begins at around the 35-minute mark.) This year marks the 2...

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SCOTT WEILAND Says STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Has 18 New Songs Written

Rick Florino of ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect: Where in the world are you right now? Weiland: I'm in the studio working on new STP music. It's coming along r...

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SPINAL TAP: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Back From The Dead", the first new album in almost two decades from England's "loudest heavy metal band" SPINAL TAP, is available for streaming in its entirety at Spinner.com. Due on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, the follow-up to 1992's "Break Like The Wind" sees TAP members David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufn...

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KATAKLYSM Guitarist Detained By Federal Agents

Canada's KATAKLYSM recently returned home after two separate very successful shows in St-Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. Unfortunately, upon arriving in America guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais was pulled from line at customs and detained by federal agents. Commented vocalist Maurizio Iacono: "Well,...

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SPINAL TAP To Perform On 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien'

England's "loudest heavy metal band" SPINAL TAP will be the featured musical guest on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" on Monday, June 15. Check local listings for more information. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film "This is Spinal Tap", and SPINAL TAP, is celebratin...

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MORBID ANGEL: Sydney Photos, Video Footage Available

Photos of MORBID ANGEL's June 5, 2009 concert at The Metro Theater in Sydney, Australia can be found at HailMetal.com. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be viewed below. "Blessed Are The Sick", the seminal death metal classic by MORBID ANGEL, will be reissued by Earache Records as a special D...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN: 'I'm A Picture Of Health At 51'

Ed Power of Independent.ie recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Independent.ie: So, let me get this straight. You're a hard rock guitarist — and a vegetarian. Isn't there a law against that? Collen: I've felt weird about e...

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Vocalist JIZZY PEARL Rejoins TRACII GUNS Version Of L.A. GUNS For Summer Tour

Vocalist Jizzy Pearl will rejoin the Tracii Guns-led version of L.A. GUNS for the band's upcoming summer tour. Commented Tracii: "We [current L.A. GUNS singer Marty Casey and I] were hoping that we would be touring this summer in support of our new record. But no release date has been set so, we dec...

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MORBID ANGEL's 'Blessed Are The Sick' To Be Reissued On DualDisc

"Blessed Are The Sick", the seminal death metal classic by Floridian legends MORBID ANGEL, will be reissued by Earache Records as a special DualDisc format redux edition on July 27. MORBID ANGEL's second album, "Blessed Are The Sick" was originally released in 1991 and is widely regarged as one of t...